\n Agha Khomeini (Khums is not for Syeds)...

\n Agha Khomeini (Khums is not for Syeds): For example, khums is a huge source of income that accrues to the treasury and represents one item in the budget. According to our Sh\u00ee\u2018i school of thought, khums is to be levied in an equitable manner on all agricultural and commercial profits and all natural resources whether above or below the ground\u2014in short, on all forms of wealth and income.

It applies equally to the greengrocer with his stall outside this mosque, and to the shipping or mining magnate. They must all pay one-fifth of their surplus income, after customary expenses are deducted, to the Islamic Ruler, so that it enters the treasury. It is obvious that such a huge income serves the purpose of administering the Islamic state and meeting all its financial needs.

If we were to calculate one-fifth of the surplus income of all the Muslim countries (or of the whole world, should it enter the fold of Islam), it would become fully apparent that the purpose for the imposition of such a tax is not merely the upkeep of the sayyids or the religious scholars, but on the contrary, something far more significant\u2014namely, meeting the financial needs of the great organisations and institutions of government.

If an Islamic government is achieved, it will have to be administered on the basis of the taxes that Islam has established\u2014 khums , zak\u00e2t (this, of course, would not represent an appreciable sum) jizyah , and khar\u00e2j \u2026 [12] \n Agha Khoie: It is obligatory to pay khums on the following seven thing: (1) profit or gain from earnings, (2) minerals, (3) treasure-trove, (4) mingling of the lawful property with unlawful property, (5) gems obtained from the sea by diving, (6) war booty, (7) land which a \u2018zimmi\u2019 (an infidel living under the protection of Islamic Government) purchases from a Muslim (Rule no.

1760). \n Agha Seestani: Same orders as above but with the addition of profit from the earnings (Rule no. 1760). \n Agha Lankarani: Same as Agha Khomeini (Rule no. 1816).

\n In general, more or less all fatawa have the common basis, with the exception of Agha Khoie and Seestani which consider some sort of profits from the earning, which is difficult to understand, as there could be savings from earnings rather than a profit which comes after investment\/trading\/putting efforts (where return is not fixed as per one\u2019s efforts).